One thing I've always admired in Wynne Jones writing is a style which combines a quick, no nonsense irony, with a strange and earthy kind of poetry. On the other hand, for most of the book Sirius is a dog, and Wynne Jones depiction of canine experience is frighteningly down to earth. Wynne Jones represents the stellar luminaries as nearly incomprehensible beings of unimaginable power and majesty. Right from the start therefore, Dogsbody involves one of the most contrasting themes possible. His only hope is to find the Zoi, an object of amazing power lost on earth. When I found the book is recommended by both Garth Nix and Neil Gaiman, which clinched the matter, especially with Dogsbody’s truly unique premise.ĭogsbody follows the adventures of Sirius the dog star, who, after being accused of losing his temper and killing another stellar being (a luminary), is condemned to be born on earth as a dog. After all, we're both hard core dog lovers, each of us having a "big black furry thing" (as my lady puts it), and I have always loved Diana Wynne Jones, although Dogsbody was one of hers I'd not yet read. Dark suggested reading a book that was new to both of us, Dogsbody was an obvious choice. When for our next cooperative reading venture Mrs.
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